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The Moon on Monday, February 17, 1975: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 32.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on February 17, 1975Waxing Crescent

Monday 17 February 1975395,458 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 17, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.1% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
395,458 km245,726 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 1975 is on Wednesday, February 26, 1975 at 01:15 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 11, 1975 at 05:17 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 11, 197505:17
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, February 19, 197507:39

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Monday, February 17, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 11, 1975 to the new moon of March 12, 1975, a cycle of 29.77 days.